It is great to see green work moving into high gear in the automotive industry. David Moye writes a great article on scientists who are trying to find more sustainable ways to build car parts believe the answers may be found in things such as mushroom roots.
The newest episode of the PBS series “Nova,” [...]
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Organic Car Parts is the Future
Posted by Green Gal on March 1st, 2011
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Green Auto Parts Video
Posted by Green Gal on February 1st, 2011
I just watched a really great video from OARA (Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association) and thought I would share it with you. The auto recycling industry is such an important part of building a greener earth!
Trash Can Save Your Life
Posted by Green Gal on January 3rd, 2011
Back in Sept. a New York man was saved from certain death after jumping from a 40th floor building only to land in the back seat of a car. And now a man who jumped out of a ninth-floor window in New York was alive on Monday after he landed in a giant heap of [...]
2012 RAV4 will be Electrifying
Posted by Green Gal on December 1st, 2010
Toyota has become the latest automaker to debut a pure electric vehicle, the RAV4 crossover model that will be introduced sometime in 2012 — adding to the growing list of electrics that will become available over the next couple of years.
The RAV4 Electric demonstration model was unveiled at the recent Los [...]
Zero Emissions is Super Green
Posted by Green Gal on November 29th, 2010
Gotta love this UK built car, the British-built Nissan Leaf which offers 2.5p a mile motoring has become the first all-electric vehicle to be crowned European ‘Car of the Year’ for 2011.
Judges said the pollution free ‘green’ car, which can be charged from the domestic household mains, was the first [...]
China Doubles Spending on Green Tech VS. USA
Posted by Green Gal on October 4th, 2010
There have been some people in the green movement saying that China and it’s huge population have not been doing enough to help the environment, but this story points in the exact opposite direction.
In many academic, policy and business circles, the term “clean tech” is synonymous with renewable energy. While renewable energy technologies [...]
Share a Drink with your Fishy
Posted by Green Gal on September 21st, 2010
Great idea for water conservation and pretty cute but I still don’t want to drink filtered fish water.
As you use water from the tap to wash your hands (you always remember to wash your hands, right?) the water in the fish’s bowl goes down, reminding you not to be wasteful, lest the [...]
Car with No Driver Ready for Testing
Posted by Green Gal on August 1st, 2010
Sort of like the headless horseman where a team of Italian engineers on Tuesday launched what has been billed as the longest-ever test drive of driverless vehicles: an 8,000-mile, three-month road trip from Italy to China, not in search of silk, but to test the limits of future automotive technology.
Two bright orange [...]
Learning Recycling in Richmond
Posted by Green Gal on July 5th, 2010
Men wearing T-shirts and jeans quietly went about their work at Bluegrass Regional Recycling Corp. on a recent sunny afternoon.
Inside the processing plant, just past a cardboard box full of tiny, plastic pieces from shredded milk jugs, four guys pulled the wrapping off black rubber gloves that Marines use to [...]
No Surprise Here from UK Study on Barrier to Going Green
Posted by Green Gal on June 1st, 2010
The Center for Retail Research undertook a report for the online shopping comparison website, Kelkoo, and found that sales of environmentally friendly products currently account for just 2.3% of total retail sales.
Why? Because green items such as energy-efficient light-bulbs and hybrid cars are just too expensive, with many retailers charging premium prices for such products. [...]
